Two Lives

As we came down the steps leading from the Pontic Tombs to the village, Jay captured this little boy's antics while he fed and played with a sparrow.

Later, we spent a good part of an hour sitting in Amasya's plaza just watching people go about their lives. We were particularly entertained by two shoeshiners (note their elaborate kits), and between them, a grandpa who seemed to be, ever so slowly, setting up some wares to sell.

That afternoon, we again chanced on the old man, probably on his way home with his little (and, we hoped, lighter) bag of trinkets.